Support Student Loan Payments
Scott co-led the Employer Participation in Repayment Act to extend the tax-exempt employer student loan repayment benefit he originally authored almost a decade ago. The 2025 reconciliation law made the tax-free benefit permanent and indexed it to inflation.
Expand Childcare for Law Enforcement
San Diego is home to a first-of-its-kind local law enforcement childcare facility which opened in 2024. To expand facilities like this nationwide, Scott led the Providing Child Care for Police Officers Act, a bipartisan bill to address the nation’s police shortage and making childcare better accessible and affordable. Law enforcement has struggled to retain officers, due to the high-demand nature of the job. This bill works to mitigate these obstacles many law enforcement officers are faced with while supporting their services.
Help Americans Save for Retirement
Scott led the Saving for the Future Act, supporting a universal personal savings program mandating the appropriate employers to make hourly contributions for their employees. Additionally, this legislation increases both individual income and corporate income tax rates.
Limit Noncompete Agreements
Scott led the Workforce Mobility Act, a bill to limit employers' ability to force employees to sign noncompete agreements except in certain cases. A noncompete agreement is a legal agreement between an employer and an employee that prohibits an employee from working for a competing company after the employment period is over, often for a specified period. He has previously led this bill in 2023, 2021, and 2020.
Infrastructure Financing
Scott co-led the REPAIR Act, to create jobs and build the new, 21st century infrastructure America needs to remain competitive. It would establish an Infrastructure Financing Authority (IFA) to complement federal funds through loans and loan guarantees. Proposed projects would undergo rigorous analysis and must show clear public benefit, meet economic, technical and environmental standards, and be backed by a dedicated revenue stream.
Minimum Wage Fairness
Scott co-led the Wage Increase Fairness Act, which prohibits a state or municipality from establishing minimum wage requirements that treat independently owned franchises differently than other businesses based on the status of such franchises under federal law as distinct enterprises from their franchisors.
Small Business Contracting Transparency
Scott co-led the Small Business Scorecard Enhancements Act to include data on awards to women-owned businesses, HUBZone businesses, service-disabled veteran–owned businesses, and socially and economically disadvantaged small businesses. This measure was included in the National Defense Authorization Act of Fiscal Year 2023.